Ava DuVernay

10 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 21, 2021 by Ava DuVernay · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Jun 21, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
DuVernay: AFFRM used Black film festivals to distribute indie movies
“And so I started to put together a coalition of black film festivals that Not only supported my work outside of their festival, because they had lists of film lovers, black film lovers, they had relationships with theaters where they showed their festivals, th…”
Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 52:08 ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
Jun 21, 2021
Disclosure
DuVernay: Middle of Nowhere was produced on a $250,000 budget
“Yeah, the second one, I used profits from the first one, plus my landlord in my office building said, oh, I have some friends who Might invest. And so he collected 20,010 1050 thousand from some, you know, people he knew that were, you know, doing pretty well.…”
Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 54:14 ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
Jun 21, 2021 positive
Insight
DuVernay: You can market anything if you understand storytelling
“I never think that way, because I know you can sell and market anything if you know how to do it, which I do.”
Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 20:42 ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
Jun 21, 2021
Assertion Supported
DuVernay: Paid internship at CBS Evening News coincided with O.J. trial
“I got an internship with CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and Connie Chung. And this was right at the time of the OJ Simpson trial, and I was an intern with a very prestigious paid internship that I was very excited about.”
Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 17:39 ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
Jun 21, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
DuVernay: Debut short film 'Saturday Night Life' cost roughly $5,000
“And I think I made the whole thing on like, I don't know, five grand or something, but I made it.”
Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 39:39 ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
Jun 21, 2021 negative
Opinion
DuVernay: Adults should stop asking children what they want to be
“When people would ask that horrible question that you ask children, which I don't think children should be asked, what do you want to be when you grow up?”
Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 7:25 ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
Jun 21, 2021 positive
Opinion
DuVernay: Palm Springs festival acceptance felt more euphoric than Oscar nomination
“And literally, I Did not feel that same joy even when I got the Academy Award nomination. Like, nothing has since felt as euphoric and like breaking me wide open as the Palm Springs short film festival acceptance.”
Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 41:58 ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
Jun 21, 2021 negative
Opinion
DuVernay: The word 'entrepreneur' is unfairly reserved for fancy companies
“I think that we don't use that word for people who are not, you know. Creating companies that are fancy, so to speak”
Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 6:26 ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
Jun 21, 2021 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
DuVernay: Staking out an O.J. Simpson juror made me quit journalism
“And I basically just sat outside her house, you know, and saw what was coming and going and like made notes and I remember hating it and feeling like this is stupid and wrong and I don't want to be doing this. And it really soured my appetite for news. So that…”
Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 18:35 ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
Jun 21, 2021 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
DuVernay: As of 2012, no Black female filmmaker made a sustainable living
“There was no precedent for Sustainable livelihood as a black woman filmmaker as recently as 2012.”
Ava DuVernay Jun 21, 2021 ▶ 44:00 ARRAY: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay
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